"I've spent a lot of time being a bridesmaid," said the veteran character actor, whose phone rang as he tried to read his speech from it. "This is the first time I've ever been a bride."
Bennett Miller ("Capote," ''Moneyball") won best director for his wresting drama "Foxcatcher," the American film that made the biggest impact at Cannes. Miller dedicated his award to his stars Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo, as well as producer Megan Ellison.
The jury prize was shared by the oddest of couples: Xavier Dolan's "Mommy" and Jean-Luc Godard's "Goodbye to Language." The two were the oldest (Godard is 83) and youngest (Dolan is 25) directors at the festival.
"Goodbye to Language" is a 3-D art-house sensation from the ever-experimental French master (who sent a short film in his absence from Cannes). "Mommy" is a French-language mother-son drama shot in an Instagram-like 1:1 aspect ratio (a square).
Dolan, a Quebec filmmaker who has already made five features, told Campion that her films inspired him to write strong women characters. Campion's "The Piano" won the Palme in 1993, the sole female director win.
"There are no limits to our ambitions except those we build for ourselves," said Dolan.
Alice Rohrwatcher's "The Wonders," an Italian drama about a family of beekeepers, was the surprise winner of the Grand Prix. Rohrwatcher was one of two female directors among the 18 films in competition for the Palme d'Or.
"Leviathan," a tragic satire about small-town corruption in Russia by Andrey Zvyagintsev, took best screenplay. Though the film depicts corrupt local officials in Vladimir Putin's Russia, it was made with financial support from that country's Ministry of Culture.
